Chapter 143 Teamwork

Outside Cloudend City, in a leveling area for characters over level 40, You Ge bustled about like a door-to-door salesman. This time, recruiting wasn't about hitting a quota of reliable members like before; anyone with combat ability could join the guild first. In fact, the most difficult part was convincing the Rebirth Amethyst girls to temporarily give up on their so-called all-girls guild. Fortunately, the girls were understanding, and the task wasn't as daunting as Gu Fei had imagined. After all, the girls didn't want to be ganked 25 times and sent to the legendary, isolated Seventeenth District, so they agreed to the decision.

Fireball made the very sleazy suggestion of playing the "girl card," which was a bit unreliable. But before Gu Fei could object, someone else suggested adding the "Thousand Miles Drunk card" for maximum effect. The girls, having already given up the guild, decided to give up everything, tacitly approving Fireball's sleazy suggestion. Seeing how generous the girls were, how could Gu Fei be petty? He had no choice but to silently become the billboard.

With the plan decided, everyone first thought of contacting their friends. But with their city defender status, they couldn't send messages to players outside the city who weren't in the same faction; they had to go outside the city gates at least. So, everyone went to the city gates and tried to connect with the outside world. The siege players outside the city were watching them, eager to capture these guys as soon as they left the city.

But these people just milled around under the city gates, hiding behind the system guards' positions and not coming forward. The siege players didn't know what these guys were up to and could only curse them as cowards who didn't dare to leave the city.

They contacted all the friends they could. Some expressed interest, some didn't. Those who were interested could go find other interested people; Gu Fei and the others didn't mind this kind of cycle. After exchanging information, those who had been contacted formed groups of four and went to the mailbox in the resurrection camp outside the city to collect the teleport scrolls that Gu Fei and the others had sent. Then, they went straight into the city, applied to join the guild, joined, got to know each other, learned about the situation, and formed groups.

Of course, everyone had many friends, but those who could help now had to be neutral, without a guild, or they would be embarrassed to ask them to quit their guilds and come help. Or, if the other party's guild was currently sieging the city, they couldn't be contacted at all.

Counting this round, everyone had contributed, from three or five people to none at all. Anyway, they had all done their best to summon help. In the end, the person who brought the most people wasn't Sword Demon or You Ge, but the Rebirth Amethyst girls. It had to be admitted that girls had a natural advantage in making friends in online games; they hardly needed strength, equipment, or gold coins. As long as people knew she was a girl, making friends was extremely easy.

But the most eye-catching of the helpers was Gu Fei, who directly summoned Drifting, a master of the Five Great Experts level, and introduced that Drifting and the other two were also faction players. This meant that if they didn't have enough people, they could rely on these three guys to build three more guilds, which would be 150 slots.

Drifting arrived quickly. He was moved when he received Gu Fei's message. Although Drifting hadn't contacted Gu Fei, he had seen Gu Fei's glory on the forums. In Cloudend City, people turned pale at the mention of Thousand Miles Drunk. A guild of hundreds of thousands of people was thrown into a panic by one person. Cloudend City players were complaining about why their main city had this kind of situation. According to the discussions on the forums in various districts after the first day of the city war, only Cloudend City had city defender players.

Drifting was ashamed, very ashamed. He was also a city defender player, but he had no presence at all. No one in his main city knew that there were still three city defender players secretly earning points. After seeing the report on Cloudend City, Drifting decided to imitate it. This time, he wanted to try some big tasks when he went online. As for what kind of tasks were given, it depended on the faction. Gu Fei was a member of the City Guard, and Sword Demon was a member of the Assassin Alliance. These different factions played different roles in the city defense war. What about Drifting and his two brothers? The Wanderers Association. So, the task the organization gave them was their forte: wandering. All the tasks were errands.

The captain of the North Gate guards greeted the captain of the West Gate guards; the captain of the West Gate guards brought a letter to the captain of the South Gate guards; the captain of the South Gate guards asked the captain of the East Gate guards for help; the captain of the East Gate guards wrapped up two loaves of bread and said, "Send them to my wife." Drifting and his two brothers broke down. It would be a miracle to make a presence with such tasks. The three of them were simply messengers, orderlies, and errand boys among the city defenders...

So, when he received Gu Fei's invitation to join them in defending the city and earning points, Drifting didn't hesitate. He felt that whether from a profit perspective or an entertainment perspective, the three of them had no great future here, so they might as well join Thousand Miles Drunk's gang.

As a result, the first thing Gu Fei asked them to do after they arrived was to kill a group of players who were also city defenders... There was indeed a reason for this, but the system wouldn't care so much. Anyone with half a brain knew that killing each other when they were both on the city defender side wouldn't have any rewards, and there would probably be some punishment.

But since they had come, they would settle down. Drifting also understood that they couldn't keep killing each other like this. This was clearing away the last bit of darkness before dawn. The dawn of points was just ahead. For the sake of a bright future, they could only grit their teeth and get through this darkness.

That was about all the friends they could call. Then, they would go directly to the wilderness to recruit new people through advertisements. Fireball clamored to go, but he had only taken a few steps out of the city when he was targeted by the siege players who had been waiting to hunt. Fireball, thinking that no one had noticed him, mixed into the battlefield, but was immediately dismembered by a swarm of players, dying a thorough death.

After internal discussions, the guild also felt that Fireball's sleazy temperament couldn't represent the guild's image at all. In the end, Rebirth Amethyst and Extremely Heaven sent someone to take on this important task.

Rebirth Amethyst sent July herself, and Extremely Heaven sent You Ge.

Everyone knew how dangerous it was to leave the city at this time, so they had to think of a way to sneak out. July was very extravagant and took out the equipment that the girls usually collected for cosplay. After the two of them put it on, they looked exactly like two main city guards. They walked out of the city gates mechanically and blended into the NPC crowd, and no one recognized them at all. Once they passed the first hurdle, the rest was easy. When people weren't paying attention, they changed their equipment, and the two of them looked like two siege players. They feigned an attack while slipping away, leaving the battlefield.

The two of them went straight to the leveling area for characters over level 40 and started recruiting.

Thousand Miles Drunk's guild, an all-girls guild. This signboard was indeed loud enough. As soon as You Ge shouted out this slogan, a large number of players came to inquire. But those who were leveling up at this time weren't necessarily neutral players; there were also many guild players who just weren't participating in the city war. But those who could come to the leveling area for characters over level 40 at least had a guaranteed level. This wasn't the time to be picky about character, so You Ge persuaded everyone he saw and pulled in everyone he met.

However, players over level 40 were already in a more mature gaming state. Those who had guilds wouldn't rashly switch guilds just because they were tempted, and those who didn't have guilds were mostly determined to play wild without joining a guild. So, You Ge, who was being surrounded all the way, wasn't recruiting as smoothly as he had imagined. Many people just came up out of curiosity, and some even treated You Ge as a city war broadcaster, learning about the current situation of the city war from him.

You Ge and July walked along the way, persuading earnestly. Every time they gathered four people, they would send a scroll to teleport them into the city. The teleport scrolls had all been set to the guild headquarters coordinates. There were also people there to entertain them. As soon as they entered the building, they would submit an application, join the guild, admire Thousand Miles Drunk, and then learn about the current situation.

When the forty-three people from Colorful Clouds left the city to carry out their mission, Rebirth Amethyst and Extremely Heaven had been busy with this kind of thing. The ambush in the guild headquarters was arranged more or less as a byproduct. After joining the guild, the players who teleported into the city immediately listened to Gu Fei explain what they were going to do in this building next, which was the ambush that the Han Family Young Master and the others later encountered. But at this time, You Ge had run out of teleport scrolls, and the members he recruited would receive his education on how to sneak into the main city, and then sneak in on their own.

The players they recruited weren't limited to players without guilds anymore. Some players with guilds, after learning enough about the situation, felt that this was a good opportunity to change jobs, and immediately quit their original guilds to join. Of course, You Ge didn't know about this situation. In his eyes, these were all tender newcomers. He only knew that now he didn't seem to have to be too proactive anymore. Their recruitment activities had spread through the mouths of the people. People were starting to come here on their own to apply to join instead of You Ge actively persuading them.

"It seems like it's almost full, right?" You Ge, the king of information, wouldn't forget to count. How many people the two guilds could hold was a math problem, and it was impossible to hold more.

"Almost." July nodded.

"But it's okay to recruit more. Rebirth Amethyst is almost level three. With the current state of no guild competition in the main city, now is the best time to rush the guild level. Not only Rebirth Amethyst, but I think Extremely Heaven can take advantage of this opportunity to rush a few more levels." You Ge was a little excited.

"Let's solve the current problem first!" July was down-to-earth.

"It's already solved! Aren't the people going to go over one after another? It doesn't matter if the combat team is short of the two of us. I think we should continue to recruit people here. I'll ask Sword Demon and Thousand Miles what they think," You Ge said.

July nodded. You Ge quickly contacted Gu Fei and Sword Demon. Since the two of them were in charge of different guilds, they couldn't find a common channel, so You Ge opened two private chats. As a result, Gu Fei's opinion was very simple: whatever. Sword Demon's consideration was quite thorough. The original crisis had now been resolved, and Sword Demon, like You Ge, saw that now was a great opportunity to rush the guild level. For the newly established Extremely Heaven, the guild level was undoubtedly a very valuable thing.

"What did they say?" July asked You Ge.

"Uh, your guild leader said whatever. Our guild leader's opinion is that we can continue to recruit people, but don't recruit too urgently. Wait until those guys in the city are cleared out," You Ge said.

"Oh..." July responded, and the two of them couldn't help but look towards the direction of the main city together. This leveling area for characters over level 40 was relatively far from the main city. There were mountains and trees blocking their view, so they couldn't see anything. The two of them could only imagine the scene in the main city.

At the guild headquarters, all of the Han Family Young Master's companions had been wiped out. The Han Family Young Master stood aside, just watching coldly, without saying a word.

"Surrendering is your only way out," Gu Fei said seriously.

"Not so easy." The Han Family Young Master smiled, and Gu Fei's sword had already flown over. Flames, white light; damage down, recovery up. The most boring and depressing PK in online games was nothing more than this. However, Gu Fei's damage was fiercer than the Han Family Young Master's recovery after all. Sooner or later, the Han Family Young Master would lose.

"Need help?" Drifting, having cleared away the enemies at hand, came over and raised his staff.

"Yeah, speed things up." Gu Fei didn't have any obsession with this matter; killing was enough.

Drifting immediately started casting spells. In terms of spell damage, Drifting was second only to Gu Fei. Two of the top mages in Parallel World casting spells on the Han Family Young Master together was something that couldn't be sustained with just skill. The Han Family Young Master's health dropped rapidly. Before long, a white light flashed, and he was finally killed. As for who got the kill, Gu Fei and Drifting didn't care. Gu Fei had already taken out a scroll and said to Drifting, "I specially saved one. Do you want to go?"

"Okay." Drifting nodded happily, stepping forward into the range that the teleport scroll could cover. Gu Fei shook the scroll, and a white light fell. The two of them disappeared like a flash, their destination being the Cloudend City's Priest Academy. Gu Fei had specially saved a scroll here, intending to capture the leader first.

A white light flashed, and the two of them appeared in the Priest Academy. The scene in front of them was very familiar. Fire in the sky, fire on the ground, fire flying in front of them. It was all sorts of mage spells in Parallel World.

"Damn, what are you doing again?" Drifting knew at a glance that they had fallen into an ambush. At this time, there was no time to dodge. He was hit by everything in the sky, on the ground, in front of him, and behind him. Gu Fei still wanted to explain a few words, but when he turned his head, Drifting was gone. Gu Fei had no choice but to sigh, "In terms of health, you're not as good as me!" After saying that, he saw the Han Family Young Master waving at him outside the resurrection point. Gu Fei only lasted for the time it took to say this sentence before he went to the white light.

Of course, he resurrected in the Mage Camp. Gu Fei didn't hesitate at all. As soon as he appeared, he immediately used Instant Move. As a result, this place was very quiet. There were no spells, no ambushes, nothing. Not even Drifting. Gu Fei was shocked and quickly messaged Drifting, "Where did you die?"

Drifting was in tears, "I haven't registered yet, so I died and went back to my hometown."

"Too useless. Do you have a scroll?" Gu Fei asked.

"I'll go to the auction house and take a look! You owe me an explanation for this death," Drifting staggered away from his main city's Mage Academy, suddenly feeling that this trip was still uncertain.

Gu Fei was also puzzled at this time! Because according to their arrangement, Gu Fei's pursuit of the Han Family Young Master was a planned event. The ambush in the Priest Academy would be what they cleared out first. There shouldn't be anyone there in theory. But the actual situation was that there were a lot of people there, while there wasn't a single person in the Mage Academy.

"Cleared out the wrong place? Was it Yu Tian's team?" Gu Fei wondered, preparing to send a message to ask. As a result, the message notification was flashing non-stop. He opened it and saw that Sword Demon's message had arrived early: "The situation has changed. Don't pursue them for now."

Gu Fei looked at the time, and it was clearly before he teleported. It turned out that Sword Demon had reminded him earlier, but he forgot everything once he started fighting, and didn't check the messages. This habit was really bad.

Gu Fei helplessly replied, "What's wrong?"

"The other side has withdrawn their ambush troops from the resurrection points and gathered them near the Priest Academy. The number of people on both sides is currently equal. If we fight head-on, we'll have to think about it carefully," Sword Demon said.

"What's the situation?" Gu Fei asked.

"This kind of head-on confrontation is not good for us! The number of people on both sides is currently equal, but our combat strength... uh, I'll just say it directly. The Rebirth Amethyst girls have limited strength, and the others are all temporarily pieced together, so the cooperation is very problematic. In addition, there is another big defect! We are extremely short of priests," Sword Demon said.

"How could this happen?"

"Priests generally don't level up alone. When You Ge and the others recruit people, those who come are all players who are leveling up alone. Priests generally have teams. Even if they are in wild teams, they would be embarrassed to leave. There are a few who are registered, but they can't leave because they are leveling up with their teams and haven't come over yet," Sword Demon analyzed the reasons.

"So troublesome! Where are you guys now?" Gu Fei asked.

"I've sent a few speed classes to keep an eye on their movements. I don't think we can have a head-on conflict with them for now," Sword Demon said.

"Well, everyone should avoid them. I'll go," Gu Fei said.

"What?"

"You guys guard the resurrection points, and I'll send people over to you," Gu Fei said.

"Don't be too careless. This is a different opponent," Sword Demon said.

"I know. I'll hide far away and steal one or two people over if I have the chance. If I steal one, they'll have one less!" Gu Fei said.

"Then you have to tell us which resurrection point to guard, right?" Sword Demon said.

Gu Fei thought for a while, "Archers!"

"How about this? Don't go alone. Let's form a small, mobile team to fight a guerrilla war with them," Sword Demon said.

"Well, not bad, but why does it feel familiar?" Gu Fei said.

"It's the tactic they were originally going to use," Sword Demon said.

"They're reaping what they sow!" Gu Fei exclaimed.

The guerrilla team was quickly formed. Besides Gu Fei and Sword Demon, Waist Dancer and Yu Tian were of course indispensable. In addition, they also brought Xi Xiaotian. Her strange skill called "Two-Chain Arrow" might be able to play some role.

"We can use this tactic, but so can they. The team must pay attention to protecting themselves. Da Nan, I'll leave it to you," Sword Demon instructed the team that was about to go to the Archer Target Field before setting off.

"Guarantee to complete the mission." Jian Nan You smiled, "Don't worry, they can't put together a guerrilla team as elite as ours."

"Okay, let's go!" Sword Demon led the team. The five-man guerrilla team set off, heading towards the direction where the Han Family Young Master and the others were, following the guide's instructions.

"Take your time, don't be impatient. It's just the beginning," Sword Demon couldn't help but remind him when he saw Gu Fei and Waist Dancer with excited expressions.